To turn the dark and dry black tea leaves into an aromatic, vibrant and delightful cup of tea, one must boil the water and pour the boiling water over the tea leaves and then let it sit and steep for a while before the aroma, the color and the flavor is perfectly ready to bring transformation to whomever drinks it.I think this is also true for us, and our creative process. We must learn to respect and value our creative brewing periods. I personally have been using poems that inspire me to create a painting using calligraphy. But for the past few months I could not find one that would inspire me to do a new one. Then a few days ago I went to L.A. to visit some friends and ended up going shopping for Persian books and CDs. One of the CDs is of Forough Farrokhzad reading her own poems in a radio program recorded over 40 years ago. Forough passed away in a tragic accident when I was just a teenager but two verses in one of her poems in this CD ended my many months of brewing time and inspired me to start creating these Calligraphy/Paintings again. What a delightful feeling.
Forough said;
“ We found the truth in the garden
In the shameful look of an unknown flower”
